diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
index 0848cb33253..30f7341257b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/default.nix
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "10k8kgrprll9hxfm9gc3jl7kkq79g6l2pygn5snqwqg5v80zy4zb";
   };
 
+  # Remove this patch after the next busybox update.
+  patches = [ ./include-missing-sys-resource-header.patch ];
+
   configurePhase = ''
     make defconfig
     ${configParser}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/include-missing-sys-resource-header.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/include-missing-sys-resource-header.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8163a86e3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/busybox/include-missing-sys-resource-header.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/include/libbb.h b/include/libbb.h
+index f12800f..e7806c2 100644
+--- a/include/libbb.h
++++ b/include/libbb.h
+@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
+ #include <sys/poll.h>
+ #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+ #include <sys/mman.h>
++#include <sys/resource.h>
+ #include <sys/socket.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <sys/time.h>